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If you have not tried it this is an absolute game changer for Mac users moving to Linux. https://github.com/RedBearAK/toshy https://github.com/RedBearAK/toshy

If you have not tried it this is an absolute game changer for Mac users moving to Linux. https://github.com/RedBearAK/toshy https://github.com/RedBearAK/toshy I've been running it for 3 years now. I am so macpilled that I had to install it on my new Framework 13 pro. The Mac muscle memory was always my biggest hurdle with Linux. I always felt handicapped by it. But Toshy eliminates that.

nightski 22d ago
That is amusing because to me one of the largest abominations about mac is the keyboard layout and mappings. It's terrible for anyone with decent sized hands to accomplish anything of even medium complexity.
- trompetenaccoun 22d ago
  I'm not a fan myself but needing to only memorize one set of commands and keyboard shortcuts is plus for sure. It's one of the biggest annoyances when switching between operating systems.
  - gerdesj 22d ago
    IT is a bit of a journey (as is life). I started off with a ZX80 kit and some bluetac ... I've lost count of how many interfaces I've had to fenangle to get a job done. For 20 odd years I rocked Gentoo as my daily driver but my lap can't take the heat any more. Wifey gets Arch and I've settled on Ubuntu for a simple life. Embarrassingly enough, I had to get a "child" to explain to me how to get a wine dispenser to work, recently 8)
    - trompetenaccoun 22d ago
      The latest version of Ubuntu works great. They've come such a long way, it actually feels comfortable recommending Linux to beginners now. Here's to hoping they don't turn into Microsoft one day.
      - gerdesj 21d ago
        Ubuntu is really polished these days. I rock Kubuntu myself and just migrated my Dad to it from Win 10 (no Win 11 on that box). I have two members of staff who have asked me to migrate them over. I just need to get "drive mappings" stable and it looks like SMB over QUIC might do the trick. Canonical show no signs of going evil empire and even if they did there are plenty of options, starting with Debian!
- whalesalad 22d ago
  20 years of mac use has me feeling severely handicapped without it.
- snazz 22d ago
  Do you take issue with wrapping your thumb under your palm to hit command/option, or is it something else?
  - wtallis 22d ago
    I wonder if the dislike comes from using third-party keyboards with excessively wide spacebars that make the modifier keys genuinely hard to reach with a thumb.
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xp84 22d ago
Nice. I've also found, through that, kinto.sh which is apparently the equivalent for Windows. As a recent Mac-> Windows switcher for work, my productivity has nosedived partially for keybinding confusion. For instance, I instinctively reach for Option+Arrow keys to jump the cursor over words, which mapped onto the Windows keyboard is Windows->Arrow, which moves the whole window around the desktop into predefined positions. Cool feature, but my muscle memory for the other thing means I'm always screwing up window position (and never thinking to use it on purpose).

nightski 22d ago

That is amusing because to me one of the largest abominations about mac is the keyboard layout and mappings. It's terrible for anyone with decent sized hands to accomplish anything of even medium complexity.

trompetenaccoun 22d ago
I'm not a fan myself but needing to only memorize one set of commands and keyboard shortcuts is plus for sure. It's one of the biggest annoyances when switching between operating systems.
- gerdesj 22d ago
  IT is a bit of a journey (as is life). I started off with a ZX80 kit and some bluetac ... I've lost count of how many interfaces I've had to fenangle to get a job done. For 20 odd years I rocked Gentoo as my daily driver but my lap can't take the heat any more. Wifey gets Arch and I've settled on Ubuntu for a simple life. Embarrassingly enough, I had to get a "child" to explain to me how to get a wine dispenser to work, recently 8)
  - trompetenaccoun 22d ago
    The latest version of Ubuntu works great. They've come such a long way, it actually feels comfortable recommending Linux to beginners now. Here's to hoping they don't turn into Microsoft one day.
    - gerdesj 21d ago
      Ubuntu is really polished these days. I rock Kubuntu myself and just migrated my Dad to it from Win 10 (no Win 11 on that box). I have two members of staff who have asked me to migrate them over. I just need to get "drive mappings" stable and it looks like SMB over QUIC might do the trick. Canonical show no signs of going evil empire and even if they did there are plenty of options, starting with Debian!
whalesalad 22d ago
20 years of mac use has me feeling severely handicapped without it.
snazz 22d ago
Do you take issue with wrapping your thumb under your palm to hit command/option, or is it something else?
- wtallis 22d ago
  I wonder if the dislike comes from using third-party keyboards with excessively wide spacebars that make the modifier keys genuinely hard to reach with a thumb.
  - deleted 22d ago
    [deleted]

xp84 22d ago

Nice. I've also found, through that, kinto.sh which is apparently the equivalent for Windows. As a recent Mac-> Windows switcher for work, my productivity has nosedived partially for keybinding confusion. For instance, I instinctively reach for Option+Arrow keys to jump the cursor over words, which mapped onto the Windows keyboard is Windows->Arrow, which moves the whole window around the desktop into predefined positions. Cool feature, but my muscle memory for the other thing means I'm always screwing up window position (and never thinking to use it on purpose).